Lie Can Be Everywhere. Prejudice and Facts in a Post-Truth World
Author: Алекс Эдманс
Printhouse: AST
Series: Practical Training
Age restrictions: 16+
Year of publication: 2026
ISBN: 9785171860851
Number of pages: 320
Size: 207х132х19 mm
Cover type: hard
Weight: 346 g
ID: 1747108
Alex Edmans is a professor of finance at London Business School, whose TED talk "What to Trust in a Post-Truth World" has been viewed by 2 million people.
In today's world, saturated with information, it is becoming increasingly difficult to separate truth from fiction. Disinformation permeates everywhere: from social media and news headlines to statements by authoritative experts.
How not to become a victim of manipulation and make informed decisions?
Alex Edmans will not only show you how easily we fall into the traps of our own brains, mistaking the desired for the actual. Through shocking stories – from the failures of giant corporations to dangerous trendy diets – the author will teach you to think critically!
This book is your personal navigator in a world where facts constantly swap places with fiction. It will help you understand the nature of cause-and-effect relationships and think clearly in an age of information noise.